· 2/4/1999
National Recovery Technologies, Inc. v. Magnetic Separation Systems, Inc. And Garry R. Kenny
Citations
- 166 F.3d 1190
- 49 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1671
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 1671
- 1999 WL 50216
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reviewing a district court’s claim construction, which in turn set out the scope of the relevant claim for purposes of an enablement determination
- stating “[t]he scope of the claims must be less than or equal to the scope of the enablement”
- finding dependent claims invalid where the dependent claims “stand or fall” with an independent claim found to be invalid
- “The scope of the claims must be less than or equal to the scope of the enablement.”
- “The scope of enablement ... is that which is disclosed in the specification plus the scope of what would be known to one of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation.”
- “The most that [the paten-tee] can be credited with is promising the ideal result in [the patent claims], even though the specification does not completely deliver on this promise”
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Judges: Rader, Schall, Gajarsa, Accordingly
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